High Mountain Rangers: The Complete Television Series 1987-1988
NR Starring Robert Conrad, Christian Conrad, & Shane Conrad
Action DVD
Extremely rare and very hard to find never in print Action
Television Series.
A must have Television Series for any fans of Robert Conrad.
This Television Series is a DVD transfer to brand new high
quality DVD+R discs.
DVD picture and sound quality is between 9 and 10.
There are seven DVD Video Discs in this complete set.
RELEASE DATE: April 19, 1987
GENRE: Action - Crime Drama - Search And Rescue
SYNOPSIS:
The adventures of a family based elite wilderness law
enforcement and rescue force.
Matt Hawkes (Christian Conrad) leads a unique group of
law-enforcement officers, The High Mountain Rangers, in the Sierra
Nevada Mountains near Lake Tahoe. The High Mountain Rangers rescue
people in trouble and catch criminals, often with the help of
Matt's brother, Cody Hawkes, (Shane Conrad) and father, former High
Mountain Jesse Hawkes (Robert Conrad).
Robert Conrad along with his real life sons Christian Conrad and
Shane Conrad are a family of high-tech mountaineering experts in
the Sierra Nevada Mountains around Lake Tahoe.
COMMENTS:
Mountain scenery, family bonding, action/adventure, and a good
cast. I highly recommend this Television Series.
High Mountain Rangers was short lived but great and fun show to
watch. The idea of watching a Law Enforcement - Search and Rescue
program was both nostalgic and "Ahead of it's time". The program
had elements from shows like "Emergency" with the search and rescue
plots, and the action of "SWAT" when doing Law Enforcement plots.
Ontop of which, the family element of Robert Conrad and his sons
really made the show more enjoyable.
CAST:
Robert Conrad ... Jesse Hawkes
Christian Conrad ... Matt Hawkes
Shane Conrad ... Cody Hawkes
Robyn Peterson ... Jackie Hawkes
Med Flory ... Sheriff Mike McBride
Ric Mancini ... Deputy Sheriff Dodge
Tony Acierto ... Ranger Frank Avila
Eugene Williams ... Ranger Tim Hart
Russell Todd ... Ranger Jim Cutler
P.A. Christian ... Ranger Robin Kelly
Timothy 'Toes' Erwin ... Ranger Izzy Flowers
Buck Taylor ... Buck Dawkins
Maureen Flannigan ... Haley Dawkins
Frank Runyeon ... Paul Millard
Deborah Tranelli ... Ann Mallory
Anthony De Longis ... Ivan Danisovich
Robert Conrad ... Director
Joan Conrad ... Producer
Paul Savage ... Writer
EPISODE LIST:
(01) Season One - Episode 1 Pilot: High Mountain Rangers
Original Air Date: April
19, 1987
EPISODE SYNOPSIS:
The High Mountain Rangers go head to head with three escaped
prisoners, one of whom is the mortal enemy of Jesse Hawkes, (Robert
Conrad) the man who created The High Mountain Rangers. Meanwhile,
one of the Rangers and Jesse's younger son Cody Hawkes (Shane
Conrad) go searching for the survivors of a downed airplane. Three
men break out of Folsom prison, including serial killer T.J.
Cousins. The High Mountain Rangers are called in to investigate
after a body is found and a camper has been stolen from the victim.
The police believe it is the work of T.J.Cousins. The Rangers
discuss the fact that the only escapee they really need to focus on
is T.J. Cousins. The Rangers snowmobile out...
(02) Season One - Episode 2: The Only Place To Live
Original Air Date:
January 02, 1988
EPISODE SYNOPSIS:
An earthquake hits the Tahoe area, and Jesse and Cody must
convince an old man and his granddaughter to leave the mountain for
safer shelter while the rangers try to rescue some spelunkers
trapped in a cave.
(03) Season One - Episode 3: Old Friends, New Friends
Original Air Date:
January 09, 1988
EPISODE SYNOPSIS:
Jesse's old friend Buck Dawkins (Buck Taylor) comes to Tahoe
with his daughter, Haley. The Rangers are sent to find Buck because
he's been charged with kidnapping Haley. Cody leads the Rangers on
a wild goose chase.
(04) Season One - Episode 4: The Trial Of Jesse Hawkes
Original Air Date:
January 16, 1988
EPISODE SYNOPSIS:
T.J. Cousins' brother Bernie Cousins presses murder charges
against Jesse Hawkes, who goes to trial because there is a lot of
money missing. A Beverly Hills Attorney that Matt Hawkes rescued
takes Jesse's case. Cody Hawkes and Ranger Robin Kelly search for
evidence to clear Jesse.
(05) Season One - Episode 5: Washout
Original Air Date:
January 23, 1988
EPISODE SYNOPSIS:
Roy Culhane, (Kevin Gage) a former Ranger prospect, returns
to Tahoe after being released from prison with a vendetta against
The High Mountain Rangers and Matt Hawkes.
(06) Season One - Episode 6: Cross-Sierra Run
Original Air Date:
January 30, 1988
EPISODE SYNOPSIS:
When a blizzard hits during the midst of a race, the Rangers
search for missing runners, and Jesse helps an injured runner cross
the finish line.
(07) Season One - Episode 7: The Assassin
Original Air Date:
February 06, 1988
EPISODE SYNOPSIS:
The Rangers are assigned the duty of keeping a visiting
ambassador and his new wife safe while they're on their
honeymoon.
(08) Season One - Episode 8: The Bear
Original Air Date:
February 13, 1988
EPISODE SYNOPSIS:
Cody Hawkes meets a camping family with a number of hearing-
and speaking-impaired teenagers. When a bear invades the campsite,
two of the girls disappear, and Cody and the Rangers work to track
the girls down before hunters enrage a now-wounded bear into
becoming an even greater threat.
(09) Season One - Episode 9: Sacred Ground
Original Air Date:
February 20, 1988
EPISODE SYNOPSIS:
The Hawkes Family helps Frank Avila and some of their friends
search for a missing burial ground that will prove the land belongs
to the Native Americans and save it from developers.
(10) Season One - Episode 10: Jesse Hawkes Shot By Hunters
Original Air Date:
February 27, 1988
EPISODE SYNOPSIS:
Lonely after Cody goes to Tahoe to stay with Jackie for a
while, Jesse goes into the mountains, where he's shot by a pair of
drunken hunters.
(11) Season One - Episode 11: Defection Of A Russian Skier
Original Air Date: March
05, 1988
EPISODE SYNOPSIS:
During an international ski race in which Matt Hawkes is
competing, one of the skiers, a Russian woman, gets off the course
and disappears. Her KGB bodyguards and the Rangers search for the
woman, who is saved from a potentially rabid wolf by Jesse
Hawkes.
(12) Season One - Episode 12: Anniversary Chopper Crash
Original Air Date: March
23, 1988
EPISODE SYNOPSIS:
During an anniversary celebration at Jackie's for his
parents, Matt Hawkes is called away for a rescue mission for two
missing skiers. After Matt and Avila find them safe and sound,
their chopper crashes, and an avalanche complicates their own
rescue.
(13) Season One - Episode 13: War Games
Original Air Date: April
09, 1988
EPISODE SYNOPSIS:
A family on vacation in the mountains is playing wargames
with paint pellets, but one of them uses real ammo to kill a member
of their party. Cody Hawkes sees the murder and escapes back to the
cabin, but the family chases after him and lays seige to the cabin.
Jesse sends Cody to climb down Dead Drop Wall, the only way to
catch the Rangers, who are out of Tahoe doing mountain maneuvers.